Urban Institute: UI has announced several new releases from Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2009. Reports are usually in .pdf format. Older new releases can be found by clicking on “next page” at the top left of the page.

Kaiser Family Foundation Weekly Update. Kaiser issues it’s weekly updates of data, reports, briefs, etc. each Friday via email. The same content usually appears at this website shortly thereafter. The latest Weekly Update is for Nov. 20, 2009. Bookmark this page and check back often for the latest from Kaiser.

Eurostat Report: “Sustainable development in the European Union – 2009 monitoring report on the EU sustainable development strategy” (2009, .pdf format, 302p.). Note: this is a very large file and might be easier for users to download rather than to try and read in the browser.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Press Release: “Up to 40% of Women in the Region Are Victims of Violence” (Nov. 24, 2009). The press release links to a report: “Not one more! From words to action: The road ahead” which is in Spanish.

London [UK] School of Economics Crisis States Research Centre Working Paper: “The City as Frontier: urban development and identity processes in Goma,” by Koen Vlassenroot and Karen Buescher (WP 2-61, November 2009, .pdf format, 20p.). Links to an abstract and full text are available at:

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Periodical: Compensation and Working Conditions Online. The latest article, “The Effect of Incentive Pay on Rates of Changes in Wages and Salaries,” by William J. Wiatrowski, is dated Nov. 24, 2009).

Department of Health Services Data Update: Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH) has recently updated the mortality module through 2008. “The updated module contains statewide and local data for the years 1989-2008 based on resident death records for Wisconsin.”

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release: The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data file (November 2009, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).